# CarsXE

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/carsxe/  
**Website:** https://api.carsxe.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 15

CarsXE is a comprehensive vehicle data API platform offering VIN decoding, vehicle specifications, market value estimates, vehicle history, vehicle imagery, license plate recognition, OBD fault-code decoding, international VIN decoding, and recall lookups. Designed for automotive marketplaces, dealerships, insurance, lending, fleet, and claims platforms that need programmatic access to rich, current vehicle data.

## Kin Score — 42.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 53.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 51.3 |
| Access Clarity | 51.3 |

## Agent readiness — 32.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (15)

- **CarsXE Vehicle Specifications API** — VIN decoding and comprehensive vehicle specification lookup. Returns year, make, model, trim, engine, drivetrain, body style, and detailed feature and option data for a given No...
- **CarsXE Vehicle Market Value API** — Returns market value estimates (retail, wholesale, trade-in) for new and used vehicles by VIN, informed by millions of historical vehicle sales.
- **CarsXE Vehicle Images API** — Retrieves high-quality photos of vehicles by year, make, model (and optional trim / color / background-transparency options) for use in marketplaces, dealer sites, and compariso...
- **CarsXE VIN OCR API** — OCR endpoint that extracts a VIN string from an image of a VIN plate, windshield, or document, enabling mobile-first vehicle-onboarding and inspection workflows.
- **CarsXE Vehicle Plate Decoder API** — Decodes vehicle information from a license plate plus state/province, returning make, model, year, and VIN where available.
- **CarsXE Vehicle Plate Recognition API** — Image-to-text OCR for license plates. Paired with the Plate Decoder, enables full vehicle lookup starting from a plate image, supporting parking, access-control, law-enforcement...
- **CarsXE Vehicle History API** — Raw vehicle-history data endpoint returning title records, accident history, odometer readings, service history, and salvage/lemon flags for a given VIN.
- **CarsXE Vehicle Recalls API** — Returns safety-recall and campaign data for a given VIN, sourced from manufacturer and NHTSA data, for use in inspection, compliance, and pre-purchase workflows.
- **CarsXE International VIN Decoder API** — VIN decoding for non-US vehicles, returning make, model, year, and market-specific trim/spec data for international markets.
- **CarsXE OBD Codes Decoder API** — Matches an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code (DTC) to a human-readable vehicle fault description for use in service, maintenance, and connected-car applications.
- **CarsXE Auth API** — The Auth API from CarsXE — 1 operation(s) for auth.
- **CarsXE Market Value API** — The Market Value API from CarsXE — 1 operation(s) for market value.
- **CarsXE Plate API** — The Plate API from CarsXE — 1 operation(s) for plate.
- **CarsXE Recalls API** — The Recalls API from CarsXE — 1 operation(s) for recalls.
- **CarsXE Specifications API** — The Specifications API from CarsXE — 1 operation(s) for specifications.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Carsxe Agentic Access** — 5 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Carsxe Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Carsxe Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Carsxe Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001

## Plans (1)

- **Carsxe Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Automotive, Vehicles, VIN, Vehicle Data, License Plate, OCR, Automobiles

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/carsxe/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.